Scientists just set a new record in attempts to create an 'artificial Sun' down here on planet Earth. The team behind the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) in China kept their fusion drive running for more than 1,000 seconds for the first time – lasting for 1,066 seconds (almost 18 minutes) to be exact.

China’s "artificial sun" EAST fusion reactor smashed the previous record for sustained plasma, advancing nuclear fusion research.

A tiny star burned in China for nearly 18 minutes. Scientists at the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor in Hefei have sustained a fusion reaction for 1,066 seconds - more than doubling their previous record of 403 seconds.

The experimental reactor's main goal is to create nuclear fusion like the Sun, using deuterium from the sea to provide a steady stream of clean energy.

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), commonly known as China's "artificial sun," has achieved a remarkable scientific milestone by maintaining steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for an impressive 1,

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak in Heifei, China, a testbed for the long-awaited (and now delayed) International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), successfully contained steady-state high-confinement plasma for nearly 17 minutes.

India's journey in fusion research began with the Tokamak at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), operational since 1987.

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion energy reactor, dubbed 'artificial sun', conducted the groundbreaking experiment.

Scientists have taken a significant step toward the dream of virtually limitless clean energy. Researchers at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) have achieved a groundbreaking milestone: keeping an artificial sun,